.TH CECIL 1  "November 10, 1999" "ISE" "CECIL Programmer's Manual"
.SH NAME
eif_name	\- return the class name for a type identifier. 
.SH SYNOPSYS
.nf
\fB#include "eif_cecil.h"\fP
.sp
.BI "char *eif_name (EIF_TYPE_ID " tid ");"
.fi
.SH DESCRIPTION
The \fBeif_name()\fP function returns the name of the class corresponding to \fItid\fP. 
.SH RETURN VALUE
A statically allocated C string which is the name of the class. If \fItid\fP is invalid, it
returns NULL. 
.SH CONFORMANCE
ISE Eiffel 4.4 and later.
.SH COMPATIBILITY
\fBeif_name()\fP is equivalent to \fBeif_name_by_tid()\fP.
.SH SEE ALSO
.BR eif_type "(1) , "eif_type_by_reference "(1), "eif_type_id "(1). "